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International counterfeiters detained in Bishkek

Members of a transnational criminal group involved in the illegal circulation of counterfeit money in Kyrgyzstan were detained in Bishkek. The press center of the State Committee for National Security reported.

According to it, the people detained, in a preliminary conspiracy with citizens of Uzbekistan and Turkey, resold and sold counterfeit money (US dollars produced in Turkey) in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.

«Operational search activities are being carried out to identify persons involved in the production and sale of counterfeit money in the territory of the two republics in order to suppress their illegal activities,» the state committee added.

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